The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-09

can be raised here at much less cost
Danielsville Tuesday morning was envel-
oped with a thick, heavy smoke, which
could be seen curling up from its source,
only a short distance from town. plainly
telling that the woods were on fire again
near DIR. Daniels place. All was excite
ment, as it was feared that this time the
flames would reach town, and soon men
and boys including the male portion of the
high school, were ON the waT'path 10 battle
against the flame About 100 men succeeded
IN checking the burning, but had reached
town but a short while when runners came
from across the river calling for help. That
fire was finally checked, but not until
it had burned thousands of rails, starting ON
Pink Wrights plantation, sweeping by and
barely sparing William Threatt's dwelling
and passing over the George Burden place,
whereon Mrs. c. K. House lives. The
farm of this widow was left entirely out
side, together with all her crops, and she
was left with no one to refence. On Satur-
day morning however, about 200 neighbors,
each carrying his own dinner, went over,
split rails and refenced her farm and went
home happy, feeling that they had done
good deed.
The Milledgeville Bank was the scene of
quite an excitement Saturday morning. A
little after the bank opened its doors for
business. man apparently about 80 years
old, very commonly dressed, walked into
the bank and placed his hat upon the floor
and proceeded to count off $500 in denomi-
nations, ranging from 81 to $40 and then
walked up to the railing and requested Mr..
Bethune, the cashier, to please exchange for
500 bill. Mr.. Bethune took up the roll of
money and examined it, and found seven
notes without any signatures upon
them. He called in the police and had him
arrested, and upon his person was found
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to the Sheriff and carried to Jail, where,
upon further search, about $500 in cur
rency was found sewed up in his clothes,
and with it letter from his sister bearing
the postmark of New York, stating that
she had received the money he remitted and
could not pass it, and to please
send her some that she could pass.
name as Patrick Dorrihan He was not
disposed TO talk much. He stated that he
was enga ged in the optician business,
and had a cousin by the name of
William Haffey, and that he
worked at the water works in At
| lanta. He said he could not write but
| from his conversation he seemed to have
| good education. He is a man about five
| feet high, weight about $50 pounds, black
hair, full face of whiskers, which are same
color. He would be fine looking man if
| he was dressed according to his purse He
| is Irish, though he says he came to this coun-
| try four years ago. His brogue goes to
prove otherwise. The money was examined
by experts, and it is very badly mixed. He
takes matters very coolly, and is playing
the ignorant very wisely He does not know
how much money he had on his person.
The Macon police report the rather singu-
lar proceeding of a conductor on the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad.
| Saturday morning Goode Roberts had a
| difficulty with q negro near Burke's store,
| in the vicinity of the East Tennessee, Vir-
| GINA and Georgia freight depot. In the
| afternoon he met Charles Craig on Fourth
street, near Mulberry, and, handing him
his watch, told Mr.. Craig to give the watch
| TO his (RobertsD son. 1t soon dawned upon
| Mr.. Craig that Roberts was not in his right
mind, and that he might do injury to him
| self, so he told the officers about it, and he
was followed. He went on through the park
| and was lost to sight. Shortly afterward
| a negro boy gave Officer Daniel a note. 1t
was written by Roberts. Noting its
| contents, the officer gave the note to
| Mayor Price, who happened to be in the
| park. The Mayor says the note said that
| Roberts was tired of his life, and that he
| would drown himself, and attributed his de-
| spondency to domestic troubles and gam
| bling. The Mayor secured Officers wager,
a search for the man. He was seen from
| distance seated upon the brink of a declivity
| that overlooked the river, and was just in
| the position that should he be approached to
| be arrested he could drop right into the river.
| Finding him in such position the Mayor
| resorted to strategy. He secreted the Off
| GERS behind the levee and then went himself
| to where Roberts was sitting. After accost-
| ing him in a way to disarm suspicion the
| Mayor parleyed with him for con-
| siderable time. He was finally in
| duced in this way to get up from his
| dangerous position. About dark Roberts
watched for an opportunity and then ran
| rapidly across the park in the direction of
| the Covington and Macon railroad, and
| nothing more was seen of him. Mayor
| Price says Roberts talked to him in a most
| intelligent manner but he saw that the
| man had been drinking considerably. His
| friends believe that he has recently given
| way to strong drink and that his mind is
unbalanced in consequence. Some think
that as soon as he RECEIVERS his mind he will
return home and be himself again. Others
believe that he has carried out his inten-
tons. Up late hour Saturday night he
had not been heard from either at his home
or by the police.
FLORIDA.
A Fourth of July celebration is among
the coming events in Sanford.
There were 900 crates of vegetables
shipped from Lake Worth April II, of which
$50 were tomatoes.
Richard Edden, of Fernandina, has
shipped over 5000 worth of junk goods with
in the past ten days.
Postmaster Scott is trying to introduce
the Yale lock boxes in the Fernandina post
office by subscriptions.
The Bradford county poor farm was sold
for its taxes on Monday, and all of Lake
Butler, the county seat, was in the unknown
list
The lumber merchants of Titusville re-
port their business as being specially good.
A large number of orders are constantly
coming in to be filed.
The oat crop in Leon county will be one
Sof the largest ever raised Some farmers
have them about ready to harvest, and the
whole crop win be gathered much earlier
than usual.
Business keeps up well in Leesburg. Z.
II. Mote sold $500 worth of goods more last
month than he did during the same month
last year, and that month was not a poor
month for business with him, either.
The officers and crew of the life saving